My trials and travails researching my mother's family history in West Cork.
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Friday, June 8, 2012

Today I was tallying up district electoral divisions in the 1901 census and noticed a significant problem in the urban district of Clonakilty. The following townlands are actually in the PLU of Cork, not Clonakilty. Their district electoral division is Carrigrohane Beg, not Clonakilty.

If you had been searching by drilling down through the DEDs from 1901
Cork, you will not find Carrigrohane Beg DED, and only by luck will you
encounter these places in Clonakilty DED if you happen drill drown
through it. If you fill out the 1901 search form by entering Carrigrohane for the DED, you won't find them either. You will only find these townlands if you enter them in the 1901 search form under Townland/street - though a wild card might have helped you if you did not have exact spelling.